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The Market for Entrepreneurs: The Story of a Failure

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  • José M. Menudo

    (Department of Economics, Universidad Pablo de Olavide)

  • José Mª O’Kean

    (Department of Economics, Universidad Pablo de Olavide)

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This work analyses the particular and repeated attempt to introduce the entrepreneur into economic activity through the market for entrepreneurs. We shall examine the few suggestions ? Richard Cantillon, Jean-Baptiste Say, Alfred Marshall and Frank Knight ? that propose it. The analysis of the writings of these authors enables us to draw relevant conclusions from their attempts to develop an economic theory of the entrepreneur from the perspective of the market for entrepreneurs.

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  • José M. Menudo & José Mª O’Kean, 2014. "The Market for Entrepreneurs: The Story of a Failure," Working Papers 14.09, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    History of Economic Thought; Entrepreneurship; Profit; Production and Organizations; Institutions and Growth.;
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    JEL classification:

    • B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • M53 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Training
    • D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth

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